Valery Evans

Community Manager at Spendbase

Valery Evans is the Community Manager at Spendbase, where she combines her passion for technology with a commitment to fostering impactful connections. She leads the IT Leaders Lounge, a dynamic hub for IT executives, and the Founders League, an exclusive network for top tech managers.

With more than a decade of experience in SaaS, Valery brings deep expertise in AI, cloud computing, cybersecurity, and emerging IT trends. Outside of work, she finds joy in horseback riding, diving into a great book, and attending the theatre.

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Recent articles

Spend management

Virtual Cards in Estonia: The 2025 SMB Finance Leader’s Guide to Choosing the Best Provider

Virtual cards in Estonia are seeing a surge in adoption as SMBs modernize how they manage company spending. Finance leaders, COOs, and ambitious professionals want smarter tools to track expenses, simplify payments, and reduce risk. Virtual cards—digital cards created for online and in-person business purchases—offer fast setup, easy controls, and real-time tracking.

Valery Evans

May 29, 2025

Alternatives

Joinsecret Alternatives: Smarter Solutions for Modern Finance Teams [2025 Guide]

SaaS discounts marketplaces like Joinsecret have helped teams cut costs, but scaling companies need more than simple savings to stay competitive. With finance operations growing more complex, leaders want more control, visibility, and efficiency over every dollar spent.

Valery Evans

May 24, 2025

Procurement

How AI transforms modern procurement teams

Artificial intelligence (AI) in procurement is often about software that uses machine learning (ML), natural language processing (NLP), robotic process automation (RPA), and generative AI to help streamline and automate procurement processes. What they do is they help to analyze the current processes, provide insights that can help to reduce costs, and overall make better decisions.

Valery Evans

May 16, 2025

Procurement

Key differences between centralized and decentralized procurement

Procurement is a thing that can become a blessing or a curse, depending on how you decide to manage it. We can't tell which approach would be the best for you, but we definitely can help you understand your options here.

Valery Evans

May 16, 2025